secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FOSTER L B CO (FSTR)
CIK:        0000352825
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000352825-26-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

L.B. Foster Q4 net sales up 25.1% YoY to $160.4M; Adjusted EBITDA rises 89% to $13.7M
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- Q4 net income $2.4M vs loss of $0.2M last year; full-year net sales $540M (+1.7%).
- Full-year Adjusted EBITDA $39.1M (+16.4%); operating cash flow $35.6M, debt reduced to $42.8M (leverage 1.0x).
- FY2026 guidance: net sales $540M–$580M, Adjusted EBITDA $41M–$46M, FCF $15M–$25M.
- Rail sales +23.7% (Global Friction Mgmt +41.6%); Infrastructure +27.3% (Steel Products +58.2%).
- UK Rail restructuring charges $2.2M in Q4; 121K shares repurchased for $3.3M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282526000011/0000352825-26-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352825/000035282526000011/fstr-20260303.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000352825-26-000011

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